Barbed-wire spool



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D. G. STOVER.

BARBED WIRE SPOOL.

No. 327,347. Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

jj/TES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL G. STOVER, OF FBJEEPORT, ILLINOIS.

BARBED-WIRE SPOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,347, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed February 24, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL G. STovER, a resident of Freeport, in thecounty of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Barbed Wire Spools; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same.

My invention is a new and improved form of spool for barbed wire, havingthe utmost simplicity of construction at the same time that it isperfectly effective. It is fully described and explained in thefollowing specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhioh- Figure 1 is an end view of the spool constituting my invention, acoil of wire being wound on the spool and ashaft inserted in the spoolfor unwinding the wire; Fig. 2, an edge view ofthe spool with theunwindingshaft E; Fig. 3, an elevation of the spool; Fig. 4, an edgeview of the spool connected with an auxiliary frame used in coiling wireon the spool;

, Fig. 5, a transverse section of same with a coil of wire in positionthereon; Fig. 6, an external elevation of one of the end pieces of theauxiliary frame.

.In these views, A is a board whose length is equal to the length whichit is desired to give the finished coil of wire, while its width isequal to the internal diameter of the coil. B B are two staples settransversely in the board near its opposite ends, the legs of eachstaple being on opposite sides of the central line of the board andequidistant therefrom. These staples form a bearing for a shaft aboutwhich the spool, when filled, may be rotated for the purpose ofuncoiling the wire.

W'ire may be coiled on the spool by connecting with it one ormoredetachable auxiliary bars parallel with the edges of the board A,and placing the structure thus formed in an ordinary spooling andtwisting mechanism. There are various ways in which this may be done,one of them being illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7, in which 0 G arethe end pieces of the auxiliary spool-frame, and D D the side piecesthereof, both the side pieces being hinged to the end piece 0 by hingesd, and

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one of them being hinged to the end piece 0, while the other isconnected with said end piece by alatch, e. Each of the end pieces has acentral non-circular hole for the reception of a spool-shaft ofcorresponding crosssection, and is also provided with retaininglugs cfor holding in place the board A. Before placing the spool in therotating spoolerframe the boardis connected with the auxiliary frame 0 OD D, as shown in Fig. 4. The entire spool is then placed in thespoolerframe or flier, and the shaft E is inserted, passing through theend pieces, 0 O, and the staples B. The wire is then coiled on thespool, the shaft E is withdrawn, and the latch e disconnected, when theauxiliary frame will collapse at one end and can be withdrawn, leavingthe coil ou the board A. When the frame 0 O D D is removed, the board Ais slightly off the center of the coil, as shown; but the spring of thecoil brings the board to the center and holds it firmly in place. Inuncoiling the wire an ordinary round shaft, as E, is passed through thestaples, as shown in Figs. 1, 2.

Having described and explained my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A barbed-wire spool consisting of a board of suitable length andwidth, and staples fastened to the board transversely and crossing itscentral line, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposeset forth.

2. The combination of the board A and the staples B B, substantially asshown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, with the board A, having the staples B, of theauxiliary frame composed of the end pieces, 0 O, and side pieces, D D,connected substantially as shown and described, said end pieces beingprovided with means for holding in place the ends of the board A,substantially as shown and de scribed, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL O. STOVER.

Witnesses L. M. GURRIER, J. A. GRAIN.

